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The E-mail section is for the purpose of sending and receiving private messages between users.  Some sysops may restrict the number of e-mail messages. Check [Y]our status at main menu to see if there are restrictions.

E-mail commands:

[S]end (also [P]ost):  S USERNAME will send mail to a specific user. If the user has a difficult handle to type, the User Search function is available. (See USERLOG help file.) You may send mail to more than one user at a time by separating the handles with a comma. Ex.: S MADD HATTER,CHRIS,CAT,BOGIE will send each user the same letter. (If the username is not valid it is skipped.)

Read commands: [RI], [RO], [RB]

[RI]--Read Incoming messages. After each letter, you are given a prompt with the following:

[A]nswer, [F]orward, [N]ext, [R]eread

[A]nswer will automatically send a reply to the user who sent the letter. [F]orward will allow you to forward the message (with comments) to another user, or back to the same user. [N]ext puts you on to the next message and DELETES the message at the same time. [R]eread gives you a chance to read the message again.

[RO]--Read Outgoing messages. Outgoing messages have the following prompt:

[N]ext, [E]dit, [D]elete, [Q]uit

[N]ext moves you to the next message in your outgoing mail. [E]dit allows you to edit an outgoing message. [D]elete will delete an outgoing message. [Q]uit stops your outgoing read. A warning: Try and keep track of whether you're reading your incoming or your outgoing. [N]ext will not delete a message in outgoing, but WILL do so in incoming mail.

[RB]--Read both incoming and outgoing messages

[L]ist e-mail allows you to list your outgoing and incoming messages. The list function tells you if your outgoing mail has been read, and who your incoming mail is from.

